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Originally Posted by Ken G
I think you have a crystal clear view of the possible and appropriate meanings that we are looking for-- that which distinguishes objectively and demonstrably useful ways to organize truth-knowledge from subjectively attractive modes that have little or no predictive power but elicit a "warm fuzzy feeling" of comprehension in the practitoner.
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Nice and eloquent.
Is it desireable to have separate terms created to cover both the bad and worse failings of these fuzzies? Namely, one term to qualify that which
offers testable predictability but has
no observational evidence in hand (eg String "Theory", perhaps?). Another term to qualify that which has
no testable predicability but having
some observational evidence. Another term for that which offers
no predicability and also has
no observational evidence in hand (eg Multiverse ?????). Should we ask for the whole enchilada?